A free 32-bit Windows program. This review applies to only version 1.7 of BITS
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Each of the checkboxes at the top represents a single BINARY bit.
Pressing the
"All" or "Clr" buttons will automatically
check every bit or CLEAR all the checks. There are buttons for doing
register SHIFTS and the logical operations of NOT, AND,
OR and XOR; the second number being entered into the box at
the right edge. Hex numbers must be preceded by a "0x" there (like
the "0x47DE" shown in the pic above).
Once you've chosen a color and clicked on the "OK" button, the
R-G-B and Hexadecimal code for that color will appear in BITS. You can, of
course, enter your own digits into either section and press the
"rgb" or "Hex" button to update both
the binary display and the color in the box.
[ Note: Although every logical operation
affects all 32-bits, the second number has an odd limitation: Due to
the fact that the entry is not allowed to scroll beyond
the edge of the input box, it is limited to the number of digits you can
physically fit inside the box! This makes for some rather strange ranges
which will actually work for you: If you use all lower case letters, or even
just four lower case letters, you can actually enter the Hexadecimal number
equivalent to all 32-bits: 0xffffFFFF.
But for the great majority of Hex numbers, you are really limited to
only six digits no matter what case you use! (The only exception being a
number with two or more "f"s in it.) Practically
speaking, this limits the input for the second number to 24-bits!
Decimal entries (anything without the "0x") are limited to
seven digits for a maximum of 9,999,999. ]
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